Christmas Desserts: Chocolate Covered Strawberry Christmas Tree

Christmas desserts don’t have to be complicated! Impress your guests at your next Christmas party with this easy to make Chocolate Covered Strawberry Christmas Tree.

Christmas Desserts: Chocolate Covered Strawberry Christmas Tree

Today I’m sharing my chocolate covered strawberry Christmas tree recipe with you! If you’re visiting from Our Vintage Nest, a special welcome to you! I’ve teamed up with a fun group of bloggers to bring you some creative, unique, and doable Christmas desserts that you can make this holiday season. (Be sure to check out all of the links at the end of the post for more delicious Christmas dessert ideas.)

This recipe is more of a DIY tutorial than an actual recipe. I came up with the idea myself, but a quick Google search showed me that my “original idea” has been done before. Womp, womp…. I cannot tell you how many times that has happened to me! Ah well, I have never seen anyone do a strawberry Christmas tree like this before so chances are good that your friends haven’t either!

Step 1: Make your cone and cover with freezer paper.

The easiest and least expensive way to make a Christmas tree form is with a sheet of poster board. Tape a piece of twine to the top corner of your board and hold the twine and pencil in your hand. Keeping the twine taut, draw an arc on your board. I started drawing 15 inches down. This makes a rather large tree and will require a LOT of strawberries! Feel free to make your cone smaller or larger depending on your needs. Cut along your line. Trace the cone template on parchment paper or freezer paper and again cut out the pattern. Tape the parchment or freezer paper to the cone. Hot glue the seams of the poster board together to form a cone.

Step 2: Wash, dry, and de-stem your strawberries.

Your strawberries should be clean, dry, and at room temperature before you dip them in chocolate. It’s a good idea at this point to organize your strawberries by size. You will place the largest strawberries at the bottom of the tree and the smallest at the top.

Step 3: Melt your chocolate.

Follow the package directions for melting chocolate. Work with one package at a time and melt more chocolate as needed. If you use the Ghiradelli melting wafers, your chocolate will set up almost immediately and your strawberries will not slip. If using melted chocolate chips with coconut oil, you may need to wait a bit for the chocolate to set.

Step 4: Starting with the largest strawberries, dip the base of each strawberry into the chocolate and adhere to the cone.

Layer the strawberries as you go.

When you reach the top, core a larger strawberry to cover the top of the tree.

Step 5: Adorn with fresh mint.

Cover up any holes with fresh mint leaves. This step is optional, but it adds a lot of cheer to your strawberry tree!

Tip: If you still have some visible holes, place your melted chocolate in a plastic baggie. Snip the corner of the bag to create a “piping bag” and pipe the chocolate into the holes.

Step 6: ONLY IF SERVING IMMEDIATELY. Dust tree with powdered sugar.

Powdered sugar will break down your strawberries more quickly, so only dust them with sugar if serving immediately. I used a small sieve and “snowed” sugar over them from above until I was pleased with the look. This dessert will feed a crowd and is meant to be eaten within a day of making it. For best results, make it and serve it the same day.

And that’s all there is to it! For maximum chocolate enjoyment, use a butter knife or flat knife to remove the strawberries from the cone.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Next on the hop is Amy from Tonality Designs who is sharing her special Caramel Glazed Cookie Recipe with you. Enjoy and feel free to pin ideas for later!

Comments

This looks so pretty and I appreciate your detailed instructions and advice. As for the powdered sugar snow, could I prepare the tree in the afternoon without the snow, then drive to the party and shake the powdered sugar on when we arrive? Would it last for about 3 hours till dessert? Or do you think regular granulated sugar could give a similar effect? Thanks so much for the advice!

Yes, I think that should work. I’d recommend not placing the strawberries in the refrigerator though. They may become mushy. I’d also recommend bringing a small cheese spreader or other blunt decorative knife to dislodge the chocolate strawberries from the cone. The chocolate has a tendency to stick to the cone.

We did this for a Holiday party last night and it certainly was beautiful- however, when guest’s tried to remove the strawberries all of the chocolate stuck to the tree base- not the fruit! It was very disappointing!

Glad to hear it looked lovely and sorry to hear you were disappointed. Some of the chocolate does stick to the cone unless you use a small, blunt knife to remove the strawberry from the base. We use a decorative cheese spreader to remove each strawberry.

Chocolate covered strawberries tend to sweat and get mushy when refrigerated so unfortunately I wouldn’t recommend refrigerating before the event. This dish works best when you can make and serve the same day.

If you use the Ghiradelli melting wafers pictures, you shouldn’t have to wait very long for them to dry. If you use the melted chocolate chip and coconut oil method it will be much more challenging and dry time will be necessary. Also making sure to stagger each layer will help hold the strawberries in place. Once dry, I used a cheese-spread knife to cut the strawberries off of the paper.

Beth… Oh my goodness, I’m totally making this now! My kids love chocolate covered strawberries, so this is a no brainer! The presentation is gorgeous! So fun doing this dessert tour with you! Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Oh my gosh!!!!! I initially thought you would be sharing individual strawberries that looked like trees, I am totally blown away by the giant tree – absolutely incredible! I am so excited to be on this tour with you and all of the other amazing ladies!!!!

Oh my goodness Beth, this is stunning! What a fun fun dessert and I won’t feel as guilty for eating it! Definitely making this next week for a dinner party. You just pick them off and eat them? I’m amazed. What a fabulous idea. Thanks so much for sharing and joining this to her! I love everything you do!

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